Gem

Ring

29-128-1929

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1929
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Emerald | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Bird | Olive Branch
Description

Vermeule: Plasma of Emerald. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) A bird, perhaps a raven standing to right, upon an olive branch. The letter SC ? backwards appears beneath. Graeco-Roman, the letters perhaps those common to the reverses of Roman Imperial Aes coinage.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1929 - Sommerville Gem Number

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